S 57 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 187-185 BC
From SILVER
187 BCE - 185 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Tyche right |
| Reverse: | Monogram of the city (Greek).Ship bow |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aradus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 187 BCE | to | 185 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 65, no. 2221-2236 (series 6). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 14 | Number of coins (n) | 16 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.23 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.14 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 76.92 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 53.84 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,076,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 69.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 37.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 594.35 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,485.88 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
